Why Dalmatians once ran beside horse carriages
Before becoming the entirely arbitrary mascot of modern fire departments, these violently energetic spotted dogs served as a primitive car alarm. Dalmatians were aggressively bred to possess the insane stamina required to run endlessly beside horse-drawn carriages, loudly barking to quickly clear the road and fiercely protecting the horses from roaming wild predators.

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